#2E38B8#2E38B8

#2E38B8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.198 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E38B8
RGB	rgb(46, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.51, 40.29, -68.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.51, 79.25, 300.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.0042 -0.1975)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.198 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.1897, 6.8687, 46.0742)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E38B8 #B8AE2E

analogous

#2E7DB8 #2E38B8 #692EB8

triadic

#2E38B8 #B82E38 #38B82E

tetradic

#2E38B8 #B82E7D #B8AE2E #2EB869

square

#2E38B8 #B82E7D #B8AE2E #2EB869

split-complementary

#2E38B8 #B8692E #7DB82E

monochromatic

#161A56 #222987 #2E38B8 #5059D3 #8188DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#2E38B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#2E38B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E38B8

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E38B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E38B8	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e38b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.198 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d6fce',
    500: '#2e38b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e38b8;
$custom-light: #7d6fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e38b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.652,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42611,
    "c": 0.19752,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E38B8

secondary

#C8C379

accent

#D845E3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0714

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E38B8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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